Nemu looked around at the fellow women at the Shinigami Women's Association. Yachiru was talking about how they needed more candy, and Nanao was scolding her politely saying,"Madam President, our funds won't allow us!" She would get flustered, which caused Rangiku and Kiyone to laugh. Soi Fon would be delicately stroking her black cat doll, and Nemu sat down in a chair in deep thought.

"What's wrong, Nemu?" Kiyone asked, looking at the melancholy woman. Nemu looked up and shook her head. Her attention went back to Yachiru, who had an important announcement.

"I think that we should go on a vacation!" Yachiru squealed. Rangiku gave an "Ooh... SHOPPING!" of approval. Kiyone and Soi Fon both nodded and Nanao would push up her glasses and would reply with,"But our funds..." Yachiru would shake it off, unscathed. She would say it again, and Nanao would sigh in defeat. They all turned their heads to Nemu.

"What do you think, Nemu?" Rangiku asked. Nemu nodded her head.

"Then it's settled!" Yachiru all walked off to pack their bags.

"Nemu," Mayuri said roughly when she entered the barracks. "I heard something about a 'vacation.'" he looked at her, and she answered.

"Yes Mayuri-sama. Lieutenant Kusajashi wished for the Shinigami Women's Association to have a vacation..." she answered, knowing that he would most likely say,"No, you ungrateful wench!" Then he would slap her across the face. But he didn't.

"I have been wanting to get some samples from the Human World, and if you get them, I will allow you to take this 'vacation,'" he said. Nemu bowed respectfully and walked off.

A few hours later, Yachiru looked at everyone. "Does everyone have everything?" she asked, looking around. They all nodded. "Great! To the vacation area!" she called, and they departed off to their destination.

When they got there, Nanao spoke. "Everyone, we will split up for a while, and meet back in two hours," she instructed. "And then we'll-" she stopped when she realized that everyone was gone.

Nemu sensed for his riatsu. It was easy to find, even though he tried to keep it hidden. She shunpoed off to his apartment.

Uryu could never get over the fact that Nemu could be thrown aside like a little rag doll and still be loyal to "Mayuri-sama." The thought made him sick to his stomach. He could say all the things that he wanted to about how Mayuri was a cruel, heartless man, yet Nemu would always defend him. He couldn't understand. He always got mad over that. How could he not? He couldn't stand for any girl to be mistreated, but what Mayuri did to Nemu always got him angry.

The door opened quietly. Nemu didn't feel bad about intruding, considering the fact that he had intruded Seretei. Her home. She looked around and found him sewing furiously.

She looked over his shoulder, careful to hide her riatsu. Uryu didn't even notice. She smiled lightly. She accidentally gave a flex in her riatsu, and Uryu immediately shot up. "Nemu-san!" he said, exhaling his breath. "You scared me! What are you doing here?"

"The Shinigami Women's Association is taking a vacation in the Human World," she answered, starting to dislike having to keep explaining that.

"No, I meant what are you doing here? In my house?" he asked again, being more specific.

"Because I needed somewhere to go for two hours, and I thought that I might visit you," she replied. Uryu nodded his head, but stopped when he saw bruises on her arms and legs.

"Why?" he asked.

"Why what?" was her reply.

"Why do you let him beat you?! You shouldn't let him! You know just as well as I do that he's cruel to you. I wouldn't let my father do that to me!" he said, a little more harshly than he wanted. She glared for a moment, but softened her eyes.

"I don't exactly enjoy you saying things about my father," she answered.

"Whatever he does to you, you'll always defend him. Why? You're so much more than a servant," he blushed lightly.

"Because. He's the reason that I live," she answered bluntly.

"If you keep letting him beat you, you won't live!" he countered.

"Mayuri-sama wouldn't-"

"He wouldn't care if you obliterated into one million pieces! He'd put you back together and then slap you across the face for letting yourself blow up!"

"You wouldn't understand..."

"I know! Because I'm a Quincy and because I'm a human! I should be thankful that I have a father who doesn't beat me and go back to live with him. But you know what, I won't because I'm stubborn!" he yelled. Nemu could feel his riatsu shaking with anger. "And yes, I know that I'm making a big deal over something that isn't of my concern, but it is! I care about what he does to you!"

Nemu was taken back for a while, but her expression went back to usual. "I knew that coming here was a bad idea..." she said, before shunpoeing off. Uryu sat down and tried to explain to himself what had just happened.

"Why? She shouldn't let him..." he muttered.

Nemu ran off, feeling tears threatening to pour out of her eyes. She wouldn't let them, she never let them. Why was it that he had always made a little of her emotion come out? She sat down on a park bench. "How can he mean those things?" she asked herself. She wondered if he hated her now. He probably did. She let one tear fall, then the others. She couldn't tell herself that she didn't have romantic feelings for him. She did ever since they met. Why would he care so much? She knew he loved someone else. She should just give up, but she couldn't. She wouldn't. They at least had to be friends.

A.N.: Okay, I know that that was really stupid, but I love the pairing, and I just had to make a story about them. Please don't be harsh, though...